A biting black comedy that centres on three hopeless expat teachers.
Every year thousands of people travel to faraway lands to teach English as a foreign language. The fools.
One such expat is Paul Taylor, a heartbroken Aussie looking for a fresh start in a South Korean classroom. The lack of training isn't much of a help, but it's the baffling natives and unhinged flatmates that really start to convince him he's crash-landed in another galaxy...
Packed with over the top characters, English Toss is a demented sitcom of a novel that revels in the extremes of expat dislocation.
"The author has an excellent ear for dialogue and some of his set-pieces are laugh out loud funny... Dave Franklin probably won't be the last author to offer his take on Korean life - he might just be the most caustic and honest, though." - Groove Korea magazine
"Startlingly different." - Australian Crime Fiction website
"...the writing has pace, and is hilarious in places. An expose on Korean culture on and ESL teaching this book is not. But as a simple black comedy, English Toss is worth reading." - The Korea Herald
*** R-rated for bad language, politically incorrect humour and disturbing themes ***
Length: 107,000 words.
About The Author
Dave Franklin's caustic, profanity-laced prose should be approached with caution. Here's a handy guide to his full-length work:
DARK COMEDY
Looking For Sarah Jane Smith
Manic Streets of Perth
English Toss on Planet Andong
Evil Arse Soup (An anthology of the above titles)
HORROR / SUPERNATURAL / DARK FANTASY
Straitjacket Blues 1-3
The Goodreads Killer: The Trilogy
Begin The Madness (An anthology of the above titles)
CRIME / PSYCHOLOGICAL
Girls Like Funny Boys
To Dare A Future
Blundering Blokes (An anthology of the above titles)
Riders on the Storm and other Killer Songs
EROTICA / HUMOUR
Bawdy Blokes: Three Porno Funnies
